Where's LM?

Find me in these two pictures!  Think of it like "Where's Waldo?" except you're looking for a little man clothed in an awesome green shirt and spiffy yellow pants instead of one in a red-and-white striped shirt and blue pants.



It shouldn't be hard.  By the way, I had an awesome time hanging out with these fake people (and dog) at Old Navy while waiting for one of my buddies to finish shopping.

All that glitters...

...is this awesome blue toothbrush!  Look at those awesome flecks of silver glitter.  It was so awesome, I decided to give the toothbrush a little hug. 

 

Remember to floss and brush for fantastic teeth and gum health!

Man vs. mantis

A large praying mantis approached me while I was outside.



It paused for a moment, and we stared at each other.



I said, "Howdy, awesome praying mantis!"



It yelled, "Showdown time!" and knocked me off my feet.  Oof.  That was rather rude and definitely not awesome.

Little man, big horse

There is a super awesome metallic horse outside the Safeway in Midtown Sacramento at the R Street Marketplace.  I've always wanted to ride it!



Unfortunately, I didn't get far up the horse.  See me in the above picture?



If not, well, here's a close up.  The horse is so awesome and shiny.  It rocks!

Wheaties, Muhammad Ali, and sock monkeys

It's a grand day at Safeway when you get to hang out with Muhammad Ali on the Wheaties cereal boxes...



...and then with the sock monkeys.



I had an awesome time!  I even bought some groceries!

Little man, long arms

For a brief moment today, I got trapped under my big friend's glass teapot lid.



I sure do look awesome under it, don't I? 



It's like I'm a whole new person with abnormally long arms!  Awesome!

¿Que pasa? Awesome Mexican food, that's what!

Today I decided to check out La Esperanza out in the ghetto. The ghetto is awesome by the way.  La Esperanza must be one smokin' hot Mexican joint because the line of big people was trailing out the door and into the parking lot.



I love having appetizers with my meals, so of course I had to start off with some super nachos. Isn't it amazing how much Mexican food is classified as super? If it was up to me, it would be awesome nachos! Those jalapeños were muy caliente!



And what glorious treat is wrapped within this foil?



Why, it's a bunch of delicious tamales!



Beneath the paper lies the corn husks. A tamale has so many layers. It's just like me! I am a complex person with many layers!



You may have noticed I've been sitting on the tamale at each of it's different layers. It sure was a lot of sitting.



It was really worth it, though! Once you get through the corn meal layer, you get to the delicious meat. I grabbed a handful of it and stuffed it in my mouth. I had one awesome fiesta!

Absolutely petrified

My big friends and I visited The Petrified Forest in Calistoga.



The forest is a California Registered Historical Landmark and is the only known petrified forest in California.



Many of the petrified trees looked like ordinary fallen tree trunks on the ground and were surrounded by barriers.





But some awesome tree pieces were in the open.



They were cool to the touch like rocks!



My big friends exclaimed that the place "sucked!" and was a "rip-off!" 



I'll have to be honest: it's not the most awesome place in the world.  You're better off enjoying a day at Bale Grist Mill and Bothe-Napa State Parks.



But petrified trees are still awesome!  I was getting ready to sign the vistitor log when one of my big friends grabbed the pen and signed me in.  Wow, she really wanted to leave the place!  She told me I was too slow.  She's so silly sometimes.

The mill's neighbor

After enjoying the awesome Bale Grist Mill, I visited the awesome Bothe-Napa Valley State Park right next door.  There were lots of awesome coast redwood trees.



Little Man on the History Trail!



Little Man on the rocks!  (And no, that doesn't mean me being served over ice.) 



Little Man on a gravestone!  At the Pioneer Cemetery.



And Little Man on a tree!



Here's a close-up.  I bet you can't sit in a tree like I can, all snuggled up within the bark!



I had a rockin' awesome hike!

Milling about Part II

The grist mill, which has since been partially restored, was originally completed in 1846.



It was owned by Dr. Edward Turner Bale, who moved from England to California in the 1830's.



But he soon died in 1849 at the age of 38.  This is me inside the awesome mill.



The mill today churns out bread flour, pastry flour, buckwheat, cornmeal, polenta, spelt, and rye.  For $5, you can take home an awesome little brown bag of your choice grain!



It was awesome seeing the mill in action!



My big friend signed me into the Visitor Register.  Indeed, the mill was super awesome!



Outside I enjoyed a rest in this fake man's awesome wooden spoon.  Ah, comfy!